Re: XP Home not able to log on NT server at boot

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From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 10/20/04


Date: 20 Oct 2004 13:11:06 -0500

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:29:01 -0700, kwl <kwl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am running XP home addition and would like to automatically log onto my NT
>server running on the network at the same time I boot log into my computer.
>I was somehow able to do it on XP pro on my other laptop. Can XP Home do this
>or do I always have to log into the other server as a seperate step the first
>time I go to access it.
>I am running my Xp pro laptop as a workgroup.

XP Home uses Simple File Sharing, which requires the Guest account enabled. Is
Guest enabled on your NT server?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.



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